Upon receiving this order, the Japanese soldiers who were the first to arrive at Shishui Village rushed excitedly into the surrounding villages.

At first, the Japanese soldiers who stormed into the tribe only took some valuables. However, as time went on, the Japanese officers' indulgence and the people's submission emboldened the Japanese soldiers.

What began as tribal migrations evolved directly into burning, killing, and looting.

The Japanese soldiers who stormed into the tribe showed no mercy to their own people. They looted everything they saw, killed the elderly and children, and attacked women. After they finished, they burned down the houses that they could not take with them.

For a time, the dozen or so tribes surrounding Shishui Village resembled a living hell, with corpses lying in pools of blood and houses billowing smoke everywhere. This scene was even worse than when they were plundered by enemy troops.

The surviving Japanese civilians also harbored extreme hatred for Himidai's soldiers.

A team originally responsible for protecting the country has become a band of thugs plundering its own people, and has become an object of hatred for the people.

Himiko's scorched-earth policy was undoubtedly a good approach, but she overlooked the greed and brutality of the Japanese soldiers.

When the news reached the Han army's garrison, Chu You was overjoyed. He hadn't expected the Japanese soldiers to be so brutal, capable of such cruelty towards their own people.

This inferior race deserves to be exterminated.

On March 5th, the monsoon arrived, and five ships, fully loaded with various spoils, left the beach and sailed towards the Han Dynasty.

Not long after the ships left, Chu You also led 6,000 Han soldiers and 1,000 guards, carrying various siege weapons, away from the camp and headed towards Shishui Village.